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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT...
AFTER A LOT OF SPECULATION
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
JOE BIDEN PICKS KAMALA HARRIS AS
HIS RUNNING MATE.
WE LOOK AT THIS HISTORY-MAKING
CHOICE.
>> YOU ARE DEALING WITH A
COLLECTIVE MENTAL STRESS OF THE
PEOPLE.
>> CONSEQUENCES AND CLEAN UP
FROM THE WIDESPREAD LOOTING.
>> CLEAN UP FROM LAST NIGHT'S
WILD STORM A SCIENTIFIC HOW THE
DERECHO RIPPED THROUGH THE
MIDWEST.
>> WHO SHOULD CHICAGO GET THE
TIF SURPLUS?
TWO ALDERMEN DEBATE HOW TO SPLIT
THE PHONES.
>> THE MOVE TO BAN THE APP
TikTok.
>> CAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
SAFELY OPEN FOR FALL CLASSES
AMID COVID-19?
>> A NEW MURAL ON THE RIVERWALK
EXPLORES ART DECO ARCHITECTURE
IN CHICAGO.
>> NOW THEY GET MONEY...
>> AN OPEN MIC ORGANIZED BY HIGH
SCHOOLERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
>> AND NEW HEADLINER IN THE SKY
DETAILS WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN
CATCH THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER
TONIGHT.
DESPITE A QUIET MONDAY NIGHT
CITY OFFICIALS ARE BLOCKING OFF
ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN AGAIN.
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS MORE ON
THAT AND OTHER TOP STORIES.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
STARTING IN TWO HOURS ACCESS TO
THE DOWNTOWN AREA WILL BE
RESTRICTED OVERNIGHT.
>> ACCESS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA
IS NOT A CURFEW.
ALL RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND
EMPLOYEES WHOSE BUSINESSES ARE
LOCATED DOWNTOWN WILL HAVE
ACCESS AT ALL TIMES AS PART OF
THE RESTRICTED ACCESS THE SAME
CLOSURES WILL BE IN EFFECT
OVERNIGHT AS WERE LAST NIGHT.
>> THE CITY SAYS AFTER
YESTERDAY'S PROPERTY DAMAGE AND
CIVIL UNREST IT'S IMPLEMENTING A
QUOTE NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION
PLAN ACROSS ALL CHICAGO
COMMUNITIES.
WHICH INCLUDES RESTRICTED ACCESS
TO THE LOOP FROM 9:00 P.M.-6:00
A.M.
THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
SAYS IT'S STRATEGICALLY
POSITIONING INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSETS AROUND THE CITY TO
PROTECT CORRIDORS AND BUSINESSES
LIKE GROCERY STORES AND
PHARMACIES.
>> THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCED ANOTHER
1500 CONFIRMED CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS AND AN ADDITIONAL 20
DEATHS.
NEW CASE TOTAL STANDS AT 197,000
AND MORE THAN 7600 DEATHS.
TRAVELERS TO AND FROM KANSAS,
UTAH AND IOWA ARE NO LONGER
REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE FOR
14-DAYS AFTER RETURNING FROM
THOSE STATES.
THE CITY REMOVED THEM FROM THE
QUARANTINE LIST.
20 OTHERS SHOWN HERE REMAIN.
>> AND THE PANDEMIC IS FORCING
NEXT WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION TO BE UNCONVENTIONAL
THIS YEAR.
BUT TODAY WE ARE LEARNING THE
HEADLINING SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE
TWO OF CHICAGO'S OWN.
MONDAY NIGHT FORMER FIRST LADY
MICHELLE OBAMA WILL BE THE
HEADLINING SPEAKER.
FOLLOWED BY FORMER SECOND LADY
JILL BIDEN TUESDAY NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY EVENING FORMER
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL
CLOSE-OUT THE NIGHT AND FORMER
VEEP JOE BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO
ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S KNOWLEDGE
NATION.
FOR MORE ON BIDEN'S VEEP HERE IS
PARIS.
>> JOE BIDEN PICKED CALIFORNIA
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS HAS HIS
RUNNING MATE CALLING HER A
FEARLESS FIGHTER FOR THE LITTLE
GUY AND ONE OF COUNTRY'S FINEST
PUBLIC SERVANTS.
SHE GETS THE NOD OVER TAMMY
DUCKWORTH A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.
>> AND JOINING US TO HELP
ANALYZE THIS CHOICE ARE FELICIA
DAVIS, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF
THE CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR
WOMEN.
DELMARIE COBB POLITICAL
CONSULTANT AND FOUNDER OF IDA'S
LEGACY A POLITICAL ACTION
COMMITTEE FOR BLACK WOMEN.
AND JAIME DOMINGUEZ A PROFESSOR
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO
TONIGHT."
INITIAL REACTIONS STARTING WITH
YOU DELMARIE COBB?
>> WELL, I'M VERY HAPPY I HAD
WRITTEN A COLUMN NOT LONG AGO
SAYING THAT BIDEN'S PICK SHOULD
BE A BLACK WOMAN.
SO I AM VERY HAPPY THAT HE CHOSE
A BLACK WOMAN GIVEN THAT
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE
VOTED AT A RATE THAT OUTPACES
EVERY OTHER IDENTIFIABLE GROUP
SINCE 2008.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT FELICIA
DAVIS, IS THIS A NOD TO THE FACT
THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE
BEEN THE STRONGEST SORT OF
DEMOCRATIC PARTY VOTING BLOCK?
>> I THINK SO.
I'M EXCITED ALSO BECAUSE AS A
CANDIDATE CAMILLA CENTERED --
KAMALA CENTERED WOMEN'S ISSUES
IN HER PLATFORMS AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE REALIZED
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> JAIME DOMINGUEZ YOUR
REACTION?
>> I WAS NOT SURPRISED I THINK
IT IS A GOOD PICK.
IT IS A GOOD PICK IN THE SENSE
THAT IT IS A WOMAN,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, WHO
ENTERED THE POLITICAL AISLE AND
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP KEEP
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN ON EQUAL
FOOTING ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
>> TASK NUMBER ONE FORKED BIDEN
CAMPAIGN IS TO WIN BACK STATES
LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN,
WISCONSIN, THAT CLINTON LOST IN
2016.
DELMARIE COBB DOES HARRIS HELP
WITH THAT EFFORT?
>> WELL, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE
NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR BIDEN
AREN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM
ANYWAY.
I THINK THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE DECIDED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS TO
GO, THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE
INCENTIVIZED TO TURNOUT AND VOTE
AND IT WILL GIVE INCENTIVE TO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO TURNOUT AND
VOTE.
IN 2016 AFRICAN-AMERICANS STAYED
HOME, 94% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMEN VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON
A LOT OF BLACK FOLK DID NOT
TURNOUT AT RATE AS FOR BARACK
OBAMA.
>> I BELIEVE THAT YOU CANNOT
WASTE A LOT OF YOUR TIME ON
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAIR
WEATHER DEMOCRATS.
>> FELICIA DAVIS WHAT ABOUT
THAT?
YOU ARE A CHICAGOAN AND
MID-WESTERNER IS THIS THE KIND
OF PICK THAT COULD RESONATE WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE MIDWEST
TO TURNOUT THAT VOTE AND
MIDWESTERNERS IN GENERAL?
>> I THINK SO.
I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO CENTER A LOT OF THE ISSUES
FOR WOMEN IN THE MIDWEST.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GENDER
EQUITY AND SOME OF THE POLICIES
THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORTH
REGARDING STUDENT LOAN
FORGIVENESS, WOMEN CARRY THE
MAJORITY OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN
THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE
ISSUES THAT STRUCTURAL
DISCRIMINATION AROUND GENDER
EQUITY.
WOMEN CONTINUE TO TAKE OUT MORE
AND MORE STUDENT LOANS AND WE
TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES LIKE
HEALTHCARE AND CHILDCARE AND
PAID TIME OFF, I THINK IT'S
REALLY THOSE ARE MIDWESTERN
HARDCORE ISSUES THAT WORKING
CLASS PEOPLE REALLY NEED RELIEF
FROM.
>> JAIME DOMINGUEZ, SENATOR
HARRIS HAS RECEIVED CRITICISM
FROM THE FAR LEFT WING OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTERS OF
BERNIE SANDERS AND LIZ HOLT THEY
HAVE CALLED HER KAMALA THE COP
NOTING HER EXPERIENCE AS
CALIFORNIA'S TOP PROSECUTOR
COULD THAT SUPPRESS THE TURNOUT
FOR SOME OF THE WARREN/SANDERS
VOTERS?
>> PERHAPS.
BUT I THINK THAT AS I WAS SAYING
ABOUT HER BRINGING THE CAMPAIGN
TO THE CENTER, I THINK TO MY
COLLEAGUE'S POINT, I THINK SHE
IS GOING TO DO WELL BECAUSE
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AND PARTICULARLY WITH WOMEN.
THESE I KAMALA HARRIS IS THE
TYPE OF CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF HER
STORY, SHE HAS BROKEN MANY
BARRIERS AS BEING THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND THE FIRST ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THE FIRST BIRACIAL SENATOR IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND IN LIGHT OF BEING IN A
MALE-DOMINATED SECTOR THE FACT
SHE CAN SPEAK TO THOSE ISSUES I
THINK THAT WOMEN IN THE SUBURBS
WILL RESONATE WITH THAT.
I THINK SHE HAS A GOOD STORY TO
TELL AND A PERFECT BACKDROP TO
THE COMMENTS TRUMP HAS BEEN
SAYING.
IF YOU ELECT BIDEN THERE GOES
THE SUBURBS.
I DON'T THINK SHE IS GOING TO
PRESENT A THREAT AMONGST
SUBURBAN WOMEN VOTERS WHICH WILL
BE A KEY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE
SWING STATES SUCH AS NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE MIDWEST.
WISCONSIN, OHIO AND ALSO
MICHIGAN.
>> DELMARIE COBB THE TWO ARE
TIGHT NOW SHE IS SAYING SHE IS
JOE BIDEN'S PARTNER.
BACK DURING THE PRIMARY DEBATES
THEY HAD ROUGH EXCHANGES.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE ROUGH
EXCHANGE ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL
SCHOOL BUSING POLICIES FROM
YEARS AND YEARS AGO THAT BIDEN
SUPPORTED.
HOW DOES SHE BRIDGE THAT GAP
THEN AND BEING AN UNQUALIFIED
SUPPORTERS BY NOW?
>> A LOT OF THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
BEHIND THE SCENES AND THAT IS A
GOOD THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HOPE IS
THAT DURING THIS PRIMARY PERIOD
THAT'S WHAT SHE WILL DO DURING
THE PRIMARY PERIOD SHE WILL GET
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND SHE
WILL TALK ABOUT ALL THE REASONS
WHY SHE SUPPORTS JOE BIDEN AND
ALSO THIS MEANS SHE IS NOT BEING
DECEITFUL BECAUSE SHE HAS RAISED
THOSE ISSUES WHEN SHE WAS
RUNNING AGAINST HIM.
>> FELICIA DAVIS THERE WAS AN
ARTICLE IN THE DAILY BEAST
SAYING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LINE
OF ATTACK WILL BE TO PORTRAY
SENATOR HARRIS AS POWER HUNGRY
AND RUTHLESS.
ARE THOSE ATTACKS THAT WOULD
LIKELY STICK?
>> YOU KNOW, THOSE ATTACKS WOULD
NOT BE UNEXPECTED.
I THINK THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD
ANTICIPATE AS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THE PAST A LOT OF MISS SONG ANY
AND THE WAY THAT WOMEN
CANDIDATES ARE PORTRAYED.
I THINK SENATOR HARRIS' RECORD
IS STRONG AND WE WILL SEE MORE
OF THIS LANGUAGE BUT I'M
REMINDED OF OUR FORMER FIRST
LADY WHEN THEY GO LOW WE GO
HIGH.
THE MOMENT OF HISTORY 100 AFTER
SOME WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT
TO VOTE AND BLACK WOMEN WERE
LEFT OUT THIS IS MONUMENTAL TO
HAVE A BLACK WOMAN NOMINATED FOR
THE SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
GOING HIGH AND FOCUSING ON THE
POSITIVES AND THE POLICIES THAT
WILL BE ENACTED IS A BOON FOR
ALL WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
FRANKLY IT IS A LIFT FOR OUR
COUNTRY AWAY FROM THE DIVISIVE
LANGUAGE.
>> SHE IS A TOUGH DEBATOR AND
QUESTIONER IN THE SENATE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
JAIME DOMINGUEZ BIDEN CAMPAIGN
GETS A BOOST WITH THE NEWS
COVERAGE AND THE HISTORICAL
NATURE OF THIS PICK BUT IS THERE
EVIDENCE THAT THE VP SELECTION
IMPACTS A CAMPAIGN?
>> NO, VOTERS THAT DON'T SELECT
THE PRESIDENT BASED ON WHO HE OR
SHE PICKS.
THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED OVER AND
OVER.
BUT I THINK WHAT THE
VICE-PRESIDENT CAN DO IS AGAIN
CAN GIVE THE CAMPAIGN A LITTLE
BIT MORE MOBILITY AND RANGE ON
ISSUES THAT PERHAPS THE IN THIS
CASE, JOE BIDEN MAYBE PERHAPS
COULD BE A LIABILITY.
ON THE ISSUE OF RACE RELATIONS.
WE KNOW THAT KAMALA HARRIS AS
YOU MENTIONED CAME DOWN HARD IN
TERMS OF RIGHTS AND WORKING WITH
SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH ON
PARTICULAR LEGISLATION.
I THINK KAMALA HARRIS WILL HELP
TO NEUTRALIZE THAT CONVERSATION.
FOR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE PLUS.
AND SHE IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING
, SHE IS MESSAGING ON
ISSUES THAT PERHAPS BIDEN COULD
POSSIBLY TRIP OVER.
BUT AGAIN I THINK OVERALL THE
FACT THAT KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE
ABLE TO SPEAK MORE HOLISTICALLY
TO ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND MATTERS TO
AMERICANS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE,
IMMIGRATION REFORM, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM ET CETERA.
>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU TO FELICIA DAVIS,
DELMARIE COBB AND JAIME
DOMINGUEZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> PARIS, THANK YOU.
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ARE
BRACING FOR THE CHANCE OF FUTURE
UPHEAVAL FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD
THEFT AND PROPERTY DAMAGE SUNDAY
NIGHT ALTHOUGH CHICAGO'S POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT TODAY TOLD
REPORTERS THAT LAST NIGHT WAS
QUOTE RELATIVELY QUIET.
NOW AS YOU HEARD, ACCESS TO
DOWNTOWN REMAINS RESTRICTED
OVERNIGHT AND POLICE HAVE EXTRA
EYES ON NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE IN LIGHT
OF THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE CIVIL
UNREST?
AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH
MORE.
AMANDA?
>> BRANDIS, THIS AFTERNOON THE
C.P.D. ANNOUNCED A NEW LOOTING
TASK FORCE.
SO POLICE ARE ASKING FOR
BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, ANY
WITNESSES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
THE LOOTING TO COME FORWARD TO
CONTACT THEM E-MAIL IN ANY
PHOTOS OR VIDEOS OF WHAT
OCCURRED SUNDAY NIGHT HEADING
INTO MONDAY.
AND SENT ANONYMOUS TIPS ARE
WELCOME.
THIS IS WHAT POLICE CHIEF DAVID
BROWN AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
ON MONDAY MORNING HAD PROMISED
WOULD BE COMING AS THEY CALLED
THE LOOTING FELONY CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY THAT THE CITY WOULD
AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE AND
PERNLLIZE.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS THE THREATS OF
CONSEQUENCES SAYS IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE CITY IS SENDING IN STORM
TROOPERS.
>> PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH HERE IT
GOES AGAIN OUR COMMUNITIES KIM
JONG-UNDER SIEGE AGAIN UNDER THE
COLOR OF LAW YET AGAIN.
NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE UNDER THOSE
CONDITIONS.
NO ONE WANTS TO FEEL AS THOUGH
IN THEIR HOME THAT THEY ARE
BEING HUNTED AND TRACKED.
NO ONE IS ADVOCATING FOR
LAWLESSNESS.
>> WHAT SHE IS ADVOCATING FOR IS
FOR THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO TREAT
INDIVIDUALS WITH HUMANITY.
SHE FOUGHT FOR THIS BAY IN MAY
WHEN HER SON WAS AMONG THOSE HE
IS A STANFORD COLLEGE GRADUATE
WAS ONE OF THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTORS ARRESTED.
>> WHAT WE WERE DEMANDING THEN
WAS THAT PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO
LEGAL COUNSEL IN A TIMELY
MANNER.
THAT PEOPLE WERE SAFE WHILE THEY
WERE INCARCERATED.
AND TREATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT
DID NOT OFFEND THEIR HUMAN
RIGHTS.
>> SHE IS CALLING FOR THE SAME
NOW.
SHE SAYS POLICE NEED TO BE
MINDFUL WHEN THEY ARE ROUNDING
UP POTENTIAL OR ALLEGED
PERPETRATORS GIVEN THAT WE ARE
STILL IN THE PANDEMIC.
>> PROPER PPE BEING IN THE SAFE
ENVIRONMENT.
THESE WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE
NOT ADHERING TO THE BEST
PRACTICES THAT WE ARE ASKED TO.
AND THEN YOU HEARD ALL THE
PEOPLE TOGETHER, HANDCUFFED THEM
AND SHACKLED THEM IN PLACES THAT
BECOMES UNSAFE FOR THEM BECAUSE
THEY ARE PRISONERS.
THEN YOU ADD THE LAYER OF RACE
ON THAT.
YOU HAVE A COMPLEX SITUATION.
>> NOW, STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM
FOXX CALLED THE LOOTING BLATANT
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND SAYS THAT
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTORS SHE SAYS SHE WILL NOT
USE HER OFFICE'S RESOURCES TO GO
AFTER BUT THEIR OPPONENT IN
NOVEMBER'S GENERAL ELECTION THAT
IS PAT O'BRIEN CALLED HER A
CRIMINAL BEST FRIEND.
HE SAYS KIM FOXX NEEDS TO
COOPERATE WITH POLICE TO PURSUE
CRIMINALS IN WAYS THAT COPS
CANNOT.
>> YOU CANNOT HAVE AN
ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE POLICE IF YOU ARE THE
PROSECUTOR.
OTHERWISE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
GET ANYWHERE AND EVERYBODY IS A
CITY AND SUBURBS AND COUNTY IS
AT RISK.
SHE IS NOT PROTECTING US.
>> BUT THE APPLE SEED FUND SAYS
IT'S NOT AS OPEN AND SHUT AS
THAT.
>> IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE BECAUSE
THE REASONS PEOPLE COMMIT
CRIMES.
PEOPLE COMMIT RETAIL THEFT FOR
MANY REASONS.
THERE IS A LOT OF ANGER AND
ADDRESSING THAT ANGER IS
SOMETHING THAT OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS ARE IN CHARGE OF
DOING.
>> ESPECIALLY SHE SAYS IN TIMES
LIKE THESE THERE SHOULD NOT BE A
RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
>> 2020 IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
YEAR.
IT'S PAINFUL YEAR FOR ALL OF US.
EVERYONE IS DEALING WITH
PROBLEMS AND EMOTIONS THAT WE
DID NOT EXPECT.
>> SHE SAYS IT'S GOING TO TAKE
TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
BEHIND THE UPHEAVAL THAT CHICAGO
JUST EXPERIENCED.
PRIOR TO THAT WEEKEND LOOTING,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOOP THE
LIONS SAYS AREA BUSINESSES HAD
BEEN RECOVERING FROM COVID
CLOSURES ALBEIT SLOWLY NOW IT IS
ANOTHER PHASE OF RECOVERY MADE
MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF
COVID-19.
>> THE BEST SECURITY FOR STATE
STREET IS MORE PEOPLE.
WHAT PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET IS
THAT BECAUSE OF COVID, THERE IS
30% AS MANY PEOPLE ON STREETS AS
THERE WERE A YEAR AGO.
WHEN THERE'S NO PEOPLE IT IS
DIFFICULT TO KEEP A PLACE SAFE.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE PROVIDING ONGOING
SERVICES FOR US.
OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE MORE.
WE ALWAYS WANT MORE.
>> THAT SECURITY IS NOT THE ONLY
ACTION THE ALLIANCE IS TAKING IN
THE FACE OF WHAT HAPPENED THIS
WEEKEND AND OVERALL TO MAKE THE
AREA BOTH SAFE AND EDWARDS SAYS
WELCOMING.
THE ALLIANCE HAS HAD A STREET
TEAM, SOME OF THE TEAM HELPS
PASSERSBY WITH DIRECTIONS AND
OTHERS ARE UNARMED SECURITY
GUARDS.
BECAUSE OF COVID-19 STATE STREET
NOW HAS OUTDOOR RESTROOMS FOR
THOSE WHO NEED IT INCLUDING THE
HOMELESS.
EDWARDS SAYS PART IS DIRECTING
PEOPLE TO THAT.
BUT THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO
DOING ANTIRACIST TRAINING AND
HOPES TO EXTEND THAT TO MEMBER
BUSINESSES TO MAKE STATE STREET
MORE WELCOMING AFTER A SURVEY
THAT FOUND BLACK PEOPLE DO NOT
FEEL WELCOME THERE.
OTHER OFFICIALS AND ACTIVISTS
SAY THIS CONTINUED CUTOFF OF
ACCESS INTO DOWNTOWN ARE THE
STAKING AT 9:00 P.M. THAT IS
ANOTHER FORM OF PUNISHMENT THAT
HURTS RESIDENTS LIVING IN
NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WHO NEED TO
GET ACCESS INTO THE HEART OF THE
CITY.
BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW WE GO TO PARIS FOR
MORE ON THE AFTERMATH OF
YESTERDAY'S STORM.
>> THANK YOU.
CREWS ARE OUT CLEANING UP AFTER
LAST NIGHT'S WILD STORM THAT
LEFT AROUND 7,000 TREES SNAPPED
AND UPROOTED CARS AND WINDOWS
SMASHED AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES
WITHOUT POWER.
HERE TO TAKE US THROUGH THE
DERECHO IS SCOTT COLLIS AT THE
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> REMIND US WHAT IS A DERECHO?
>> THE DERECHO IS A SPANISH WORD
FOR STRAIGHT.
IT IS A SPECIAL PERFECT STORM
THAT FORMS WHEN LOTS OF STORMS
INTERACT THROUGH THE WIND
MOTIONS AND FORM A SOLID
STRAIGHT LINE AND A SOLID
STRAIGHT LINE OF STORMS PLUS THE
VARIATION OF WIND SPEEDS FROM
THE SURFACE UP INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE LETS THE STORMS LIVE
FOR A LONGTIME.
>> AND IT SEEMED LIKE THIS CAME
FAST AND FURIOUS.
HOW DID THIS DEVELOP?
>> WELL, THIS STORM DEVELOPED
OUT OVER THE NEBRASKA-IOWA
BORDER.
THERE WAS WARM, MOIST AIR AT THE
SURFACE AND COLD AIR THAT CAME
FROM THE ARCTIC AT 30,000 FEET
UPWARDS.
AND THIS WAS A LINE OF STORMS
THAT THEN STARTED ROLLING ALONG
AND THEY STARTED TO PICK UP
SPEED FROM THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN THE AIR THAT COMES OUT
OF A STORM THAT DOWNDRAFT AND
THE VERY, VERY STRONG WINDS JUST
ABOVE THE SURFACE.
AT ONE STAGE IT WAS MOVING OVER
75-MILES-PER-HOUR.
>> WOW.
AND WE WERE INUNDATED WITH THE
NEWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
CHICAGO IT SEEMED LIKE THIS CAME
WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS' WARNING.
WHEN DID METEOROLOGISTS KNOW
THIS WAS GOING TO BE BIG?
>> THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE TO
FORECAST BUT THE RIGHT
CONDITIONS NEEDED TO EXIST.
AND IT STARTED TO BE A REAL HIGH
PROBABILITY YESTERDAY MORNING.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVOLUTION
OF THE WARNINGS FROM THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER WE WERE
UPGRADED FROM A SLIGHT TO A
MODERATE CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER AROUND ABOUT 9:00 A.M.
IN THE MORNING.
AND THE REMARKABLE THING IS ONCE
WE HAD OUR MORNING BALLOON SENT
THE WEATHER BALLOONS UP THROUGH
THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND ABOUT
11:00 A.M., CHICAGO TIME, WE HAD
OUR FIRST STORM WATCH.
TOLD THE AREA THAT WE WERE GOING
TO EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER LATER
THAT DAY.
>> AS I SAID IT HAPPENED SO FAST
AND FURIOUS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT
HAPPENED WAS A SMALL TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN IN ROGERS PARK.
HAVING LIVED IN CHICAGO MOST OF
MY LIFE WE WERE TOLD THAT
TORNADOES WOULD NEVER TOUCHDOWN
IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE
EFFECT OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
TELL US HOW RARE THIS EVENT IS.
>> THAT IS A COMMON FALSEHOOD.
BECAUSE IF THE WINDS ARE STRONG
ENOUGH AND BLOWING THE AIR BACK
ON TO THE LAKE WE DON'T CARE
ABOUT LAKE MICHIGAN WE CARE
ABOUT THE AIR COMING FROM
DOWNSTREAM OF US.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU DON'T
HEAR MUCH ABOUT TORNADOES IN
CHICAGO IS THE CITY OF CHICAGO
IS A VERY SMALL TARGET.
IT'S QUITE RARE FOR ONE TO HAVE
A DIRECT HIT ON THE CITY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CONFIRMED AN ENHANCED SCALE
LEVEL ONE TORNADO.
IN ROGERS PARK.
EF1 HAS WINDS OF
86-100-MILES-PER-HOUR.
WE HAD WIDESPREAD WINDS ACROSS
THE AREA 70 PLUS-MILES-PER-HOUR.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE DERECHO A
DAMAGING STORM BECAUSE YOU CAN
GET NEAR TORNADIC WINDS OVER
STRETCHES OF HUNDREDS AND
SOMETIMES THOUSANDS OF MILES.
>> AND THE DAMAGE IS WIDESPREAD.
EF1, AND WE HAD WINDS ACROSS THE
AREA THAT WERE CLOSE TO THAT
LEVEL.
PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT HOW DOES
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY COMPARE
TO HURRICANES?
IT'S HURRICANE SEASON TO OTHER
SEVERE STORMS?
>> YES IT IS LIKE, IT IS LIKE A
SMALL HURRICANE THIS IS OUR
VERSION OF A HURRICANE IN THE
MIDWEST NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE
STRENGTH OF THE WINDS, BUT
ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE
ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS IS THE SAME.
THE IDEA OF THE SMALL INDIVIDUAL
STORMS THEY POP-UP AND THEY RAIN
AND GO AWAY BECAUSE ALL THAT
COLD AIR BECAUSE OF THE WATER IN
THE DOWNDRAFT TENDS TO WIPE OUT
THE STORMS.
BUT THESE ONES BECAUSE OF THE
DIRECTION AND THE STRENGTH OF
THE WIND, THE AIR THAT COMES OUT
INTERACTS WITH THE AIR THAT CAME
IN AND CALL IT AN ORGANIZED
STORM WHERE ALL THE PHYSICS
WORKS TOGETHER.
A SIMILAR THING HAPPENS IN THE
SPIN UP OF HURRICANES.
>> JUST A UNIQUE EVENT.
SCOTT COLLIS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PARIS.
>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO
YOU FOR A LOOK AT THE
PRESIDENT'S PUSH TO BAN A SOCIAL
MEDIA SITE.
>> TikTok'S TIME IN THE
UNITED STATES MIGHT BE RUNNING
OUT SOON.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
RECENTLY ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER SANCTIONING THE PARENT
COMPANY BYTEDANCE CITING PRIVACY
CONCERNS.
THE CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY
HAS UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF
SEPTEMBER TO FIND AN AMERICAN
BUYER OR BE BANNED IN THE U.S.
BUT THEY ARE PUTTING UP A FIGHT
AND PLANNING TO SUE THE
ADMINISTRATION.
JOINING US WITH MORE ON THIS
LEGAL BATTLE IS HAROLD KENT A
LAW PROFESSOR AT IIT CHICAGO,
KENT COLLEGE OF LAW WELCOME BACK
TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
FIRST IS IT WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
POWERS TO BAN AN APP LIKE THIS?
>> SO THE PRESIDENT HAS USED THE
INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC
POWERS ACT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY
ENACTED IN 1977 TO REDUCE
EXECUTIVE POWER.
AND THE HE HAS IDENTIFIED
TikTok AS A POTENTIAL THREAT
TO U.S. SECURITY.
UNDER THIS EMERGENCY POWERS ACT
HE IS ENTITLED TO FOCUS ON SOME
KIND OF THREAT BE IT TERRORIST
ATTACK DURING THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION OR DURING IRAN
HOSTAGE INVESTIGATION WE ALSO
USED IT TO TARGET SOME FOREIGN
INFLUENCE WHICH MIGHT CREATE A
RISK OF SECURITY TO THE UNITED
STATES.
SO HE IS WITHIN HIS POWER.
BUT THE QUESTION IS: IS IT A
WISE USE OF POWER?
AND DOES HE HAVE DATA TO
SUBSTANTIATE HIS FINDINGS?
>> RIGHT BECAUSE ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF
HIS REASONINGS IS NATIONAL
SECURITY.
ARE SECURITY OFFICIALS SAYING
THAT TikTok OR THE PARENT
COMPANY IS A THREAT?
>> THERE IS SOME CONCERN BECAUSE
THE SENATE PASSED SOMETHING THAT
SUGGESTED THAT MILITARY
OFFICIALS AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE USING
TikTok BECAUSE THERE IS A
FEAR THAT THE CHINESE COMPANY
THAT OWNS TikTok CAN SCRAPE
THE DATA AND FIND OUT THINGS
THAT MAY BE INCRIMINATING TO
PEOPLE AND MAY GIVE RISE TO SOME
KIND OF PRESSURE SITUATION OR
GIVE THE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
INFLUENCE OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING
IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT LET ME ADD THAT IS POSSIBLE
WITH ALL SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.
Facebook, TWITTER, ANYTHING
ELSE, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF PRIVACY INFORMATION.
AND THERE ARE NO LAWS BANNING
THE COMPANY FROM MINING THAT
INFORMATION THAT GET A GOOD
SENSE WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE
DOING.
APPS THEY USE WHERE THEY
NAVIGATE WHICH CAN BE DONE
THROUGH TikTok AS WELL.
>> HOW COULD YOU ENFORCE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS LIKE YOU
CANNOT TELL ME TO DELETE THE APP
FROM MY PHONE?
>> THE WAY PEOPLE THINK IT CAN
START IS BY TELLING APPLE AND BY
TELLING GOOGLE TO DEISTIC TOCK
AS AN APP THAT YOU CAN USE
THROUGH THOSE MECHANISMS.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE
THE USE OF TikTok BY 100
MILLION AMERICANS ESTIMATED
TODAY.
BUT IT MAY BE SLOWLY OVER TIME
IT COULD TAKE MORE DRAMATIC
ACTION AND GET INTO THE BACKBONE
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
CHINESE COMPANY AND THE NETWORK
HERE BUT THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE
DRAMATIC AND DIFFICULT.
MORE LIKELY, THIS IS JUST A MOVE
WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN
THE TRADE WAR WITH CHINA BECAUSE
AFTER ALL Facebook CANNOT
OPERATE IN CHINA, SO THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION EVEN THOUGH HE IS
NO LOVER OF Facebook SAYING
IT'S NOT FAIR WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE SOME KIND OF RETALIATORY
MOVE AGAINST YOU.
OR IT COULD BE MORE PETTY AND
BECAUSE PEOPLE USING TikTok
SUPPOSEDLY TROLLED THE TRUMP
RALLY IN TULSA LEAVING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO BELIEVE MORE
PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP THAN DID.
WHO KNOWS.
BUT I DOUBT THAT THERE'S ANY
KIND OF FINDINGS SUGGESTING THAT
THERE IS A REAL SECURITY THREAT
FROM THE CHINESE OWNERS OF
TikTok TO DEMOCRACY IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> COULD THIS TURN INTO A FIGHT
ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
>> SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT ANGLE
IS I THINK IS THERE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S THE REAL
BIG SMOKING GUN BUT THERE ARE
TWO FIRST AMENDMENT THEORIES OF
THE PROBLEMS OF THE CASE.
ONE IS THAT BY BANNING
TikTok, THE ADMINISTRATION
IS FAVORING SOME SOCIAL
PLATFORMS OVER OTHERS WHICH IS
TRUE BUT THAT IS BASED ON
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND SOME KIND
OF SECURITY FINDINGS THAT ARE
NOT RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
THE SECOND THEORY IS THERE MAY
BE SOME OTHER APPS THAT ARE
ALONG WITH TikTok THAT
CONVEY INFORMATION AND SO THE
ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO GET
INFORMATION COULD BE CURTAILED
BECAUSE OF THIS ACTION AGAINST
TikTok.
THAT IS ANCILLARY TO GETTING RID
OF THE VIDEO SHARING PLATFORM
THAT TikTok IS.
BUT THAT IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK THESE ARE VERY
STRONG ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
IRONICALLY, IF THE PRESIDENT
REVIEWED LIKELY THIS WOULD BE
THROWN OUT OF COURT.
HE DID NOT TALK TO TikTok
FIRST.
HE DID NOT SHARE HIS
INFORMATION.
THERE IS NO CLEAR CONCISE
FINDINGS TO SUPPORT WHAT HE IS
DOING.
BUT IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT THIS
KIND OF EXECUTIVE EMERGENCY
ORDER WILL EVER BE REVIEWED IN
COURT.
>> OK.
OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR
EYE ON.
HAROLD KRENT THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> STILL TO COME ON THE PROGRAM,
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS JUST
GETTING STARTED.
WILL C.P.S. BENEFIT FROM THE
CITY'S SURPRISING TIF SURPLUS
THAT IS 10% HIGHER THAN LAST
YEAR'S RECORD WINDFALL?
ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVERWALK WE
WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT A
MASSIVE NEW WORK OF PUBLIC ART
TAKING FLIGHT.
WHAT ARE THE CHANGES AND
CHALLENGES WAITING FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL
YEAR?
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AND WE VISIT AN OPEN MIC IN A
SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY GARDEN.
AND THERE IS A NEW HEADLINER IN
THE SKY HOW YOU CAN CATCH THE
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER TONIGHT
AFTER "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
CANNOT GO ANYWHERE YET.
FIRST TOP STORIES...
COLLEGE SPORTS FANS MAY BE
DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE
BIG TEN CONFERENCE POSTPONED ALL
FALL SPORTS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
COMMISSIONER KEVIN WARREN SAYS
QUOTAS TIME PROGRESSED AND
AFTERHOURS OF DISCUSSION WITH
OUR BIG TEN TASK FORCE FOR
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND
SPORTS MEDICINE COMMITTEE IT
BECAME CLEAR THERE WAS STOOCH
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POTENTIAL
MEDICAL RISKS TO ALLOW OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES TO COMPETE THIS
FALL.
THIS INCLUDES FOOTBALL BUT ALSO
CROSS-COUNTRY, FIELD HOCKEY,
SOCCER AND WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL.
THE CONFERENCE SAYS IT WILL
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OPTIONS
INCLUDING PLAYING IN THE SPRING.
AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE PAC
12 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED IT WOULD
BE POSTPONING THE FALL SPORTS
SEASON.
TRAVELERS TO AND FROM KANSAS,
UTAH AND IOWA ARE NO LONGER
REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE FOR
14-DAYS AFTER RETURNING FROM
THOSE STATES.
THE CITY REMOVED THEM FROM THE
QUARANTINE LIST.
20 OTHERS STILL REMAIN.
TODAY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCES ANOTHER
1500 CONFIRMED CASES OF THE
CORONAVIRUS AND AN ADDITIONAL 20
DEATHS.
THE NEW TOTAL STANDS AT 197,000
AND MORE THAN 7600 DEATHS.
MOSQUITOES ARE NOT CANCELED DUE
TO THE PANDEMIC.
THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SAYS NEIGHBORS IN SOUTH
LAWNDALE, BRIGHTON PARK AND
ARCHER HEIGHTS WILL NOTICE
MOSQUITO SPRAYING TRUCKS THIS
THURSDAY EVENING.
BASED ON CITYWIDE MOSQUITO
SURVEILLANCE SPRAYING IS NEEDED
TO PROTECT AGAINST WEST NILE
VIRUS.
THIS IS THE FIRST SPRAYING TO
OCCUR IN THE CITY THIS SEASON.
>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE AND THE
DEBATE OVER HOW TO SPEND SURPLUS
TIF FUNDS.
PHIL?
>> THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN THERE
WAS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
REVENUE COLLECTED BY CHICAGO'S
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICTS HIT A NEW HIGH OF $926
MILLION THAT IS UP MORE THAN 10%
FROM LAST YEAR.
A TIF DISTRICT CAPTURES REVENUE
THAT IS PULLED OUT OF A DISTRICT
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
INSTEAD OF THE MONEY BEING SENT
TO THE GENERAL TAX BASE, IT'S
PUT RIGHT BACK INTO THAT
SPECIFIC DISTRICT FOR
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO
IRRADICATE BLIGHT.
BUT IF THE CITY DECLARES A
SURPLUS THE CITY CAN SPEND THE
MONEY OUTSIDE THE TIF DISTRICT.
LAST YEAR MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
DECLARED A $300 MILLION SURPLUS
HALF OF THAT WENT TO C.P.S. AND
74 MILLION TO THE CITY.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HOW
TIFS SHOULD BE SPENT WITH WALTER
BURNETT 27TH WARD ALDERMEN WHICH
INCLUDES THE WEST LOOP AND
GARFIELD PART AND THE NEAR NORTH
SIDE.
AND LESLIE HAIRSTON ALDERMAN OF
THE FIFTH WARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE
WHICH INCLUDES HYDE PARK AND
SOUTH SHORE.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.
AS WE MENTIONED IT'S CONCEIVABLE
THAT THE MAYOR COULD DECLARE A
TIF SURPLUS IN EXCESS OF $300
MILLION.
ALDERMAN HAIRSTON SHOULD A CHUNK
GO TO THAT TO FILL A BUDGET HOLE
IN THE CITY'S PROJECTED BUDGET?
THAT WAY THE CITY COULD AVOID
PROPERTY TAX HIKES OR LAYOFFS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, I DEFINITELY THINK WE
ARE ALSO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
LOOK AT THAT.
LET ME ADD THAT I REPRESENT THE
COMMUNITIES OF WOODLAWN AND
GREATER GRAND CROSSING.
I DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THEM
OUT.
I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT
GIVING SOME TO C.P.S.
BUT DEFINITELY, WE WANT TO STAY
OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS' POCKETS.
>> ALDERMAN BURNETT?
SHOULD A CHUNK GO TO FILLING THE
HOLE THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A
BIG ONE GIVEN WHAT THE CITY IS
GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF COVID?
>> YES DEFINITELY.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE
WARD TO HAVE THE HEALTHY TIFS A
LOT OF THOSE SURPLUSES COME FROM
OUR WARD WHERE A LOT OF
DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING.
AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE THAT
THAT SURPLUS GO TO HELP FIX THE
BUDGET.
BUT WHEN IT FIXES OUR BUDGET IT
FIXES THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
THE COUNTY, THE FOREST PRESERVE
AND THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE
WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO NEED HELP
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH OUR ECONOMY WITH
THE COVID-19 SITUATION.
>> LESLIE HAIRSTON YOU ARE A
MEMBER OF THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS
AND CRITICS OF TIFS SEE THEM AS
RACIST BECAUSE THEY SAY TIFS
DIVERT MONEY AWAY FROM
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND GIVE
MONEY TO DEVELOPERS WHO MIGHT
HAVE GONE AHEAD WITH A PROJECT
ANYWAY.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT?
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF TIFS IN MY
WARD.
AND TIFS INITIALLY WHEN THEY
WERE CREATED IN THE 1970s IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, TO DEAL WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE AN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL.
THEY ARE PURPOSELY MEANT FOR
BLIGHTED AREAS.
AREAS THAT NEED HELP WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE DONE ON
THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND MANY OTHER ALDERMEN ON THE
SOUTH SIDE HAVE DONE SO.
THE PURPOSE THAT THE TIF IS
CREATE SECOND CREATED IN A
BLIGHTED AREA THAT OTHERWISE
WOULD NOT ATTRACT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER
ROOSEVELT ROAD WAS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS SKID ROW MAD LAND
HITCHCOCK CREATED THE TIFS TO
BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE
TIF IN A LOT OF WAYS.
I WOULD SAY SINCE 2011, ABOUT
4.8 BILLION HAVE GONE HAS GONE
TOWARD PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
WENT TO OUR SCHOOLS, PARKS, YOU
KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED IN
THE PUBLIC WHERE THE PARK
DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE TIF DOLLARS PAID FOR THOSE
THINGS.
WHAT IT DID WAS FRONT LOADED A
LOT OF THINGS THAT THESE BODIES
WOULD HAVE HAD TO WAIT FOR OVER
YEARS TO GET IN ORDER TO SPEND
THAT MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT THEY
NEEDED TO DO.
>> LET'S SWITCH TOPICS AND TALK
ABOUT THE LOOTING THAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE.
ALDERMAN HAIRSTON IS THERE MORE
THAT THE MAYOR AND POLICE COULD
BE DOING?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE
THINGS WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT
WE HAVE BEEN SLOW ON.
FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL CONSENT
DECREE.
YOU KNOW, CREATING A PUBLIC BODY
A REVIEW OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT BUT WE HAVE NOT
ACTED ON AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO
ACT.
>> AND ALDERMAN BURNETT, WHAT
MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE
WHO TOOK PART IN THE LOOTING?
>> SO YOU KNOW, I HAD A
CONVERSATION TODAY WITH A
24-YEAR-OLD.
WE CAN'T HURT THE HAND THAT FEED
US.
WHEN WE LOOT DOWNTOWN, WHEN WE
LOOT THOSE BUSINESSES WE DON'T
RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF THE TAX
DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THOSE
AREAS HELP TO SUPPLEMENT THE
WEST AND THE SOUTH SIDES.
IF DOWNTOWN IS GONE THERE GOES
THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FINANCIAL
ENGINES IN PLACE IN ORDER SO WE
CAN GET THOSE MONIES ON THE WEST
AND THE SOUTH SIDES.
ALL OF THE MONEY THAT IS GOING
TO THE INVEST SOUTHWEST IS
COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THOSE ARE THE MONIES THAT IS
BEING USED TO INVEST IN THE WEST
AND THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE
BALANCE.
I LOOK AT IT AS A ROBINHOOD
SYNDROME.
WHERE DOWNTOWN AND PLACES WHERE
DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPERS ARE
ATTRACTED TO BRINGS MONEY IN SO
THAT WE CAN USE IT IN OTHER
AREAS THAT NEED THEM.
>> AND QUICK REACTION TO THE
SELECTION OF JOE BIDEN OF KAMALA
HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE?
A GOOD PICK?
>> IT IS A GOOD PICK FOR ME.
I WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF
KAMALA HARRIS.
AND I THINK SHE IS AN EXCELLENT
CHOICE QUITE FRANKLY.
>> ALDERMAN BURNETT YOUR
REACTION?
>> I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING
VERY EXCITING TO HAVE AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN AS THE
VICE-PRESIDENT CANDIDATE.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO
MOTIVATE SO MANY PEOPLE TO GET
ENGAGED AND GET INVOLVED IN THIS
ELECTION COMING UP.
I THINK IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE
HER RIGHT THERE IN THE SPOT
WHERE SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN TO
THE PRESIDENT SHE CAN BE THE
PRESIDENT.
I MEAN THIS IS FANTASTIC.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE]
WE COULDN'T TALK EVERYBODY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THAT AND EVERYONE
IS SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT.
>> ALDERMAN BURNETT AND ALDERMAN
HAIRSTON THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND UP NEXT WHAT COLLEGE
STUDENTS CAN EXPECT WHEN THEY
RESUME CLASSES THIS FALL.
FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
>> COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE
PREPARING FOR A NEW SEMESTER
UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
FOR MANY, THE WELCOME BACK WILL
NOT BE TO CAMPUS INSTEAD IT WILL
BE ON-LINE COURSES AS HIGHER
EDUCATION ADJUSTS TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
JOINING US TO DISCUSS CHANGES TO
THE FALL SEMESTER ARE BRIAN
CAPUTO, PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
OF DUPAGE.
DAVID SLAVSKY, VICE PROVOST AND
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AT
LOYOLA.
AND ROBIN NEAL KALER ASSOCIATE
CHANCELLOR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT
URBANA CHAMPAGNE.
WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
OBVIOUSLY IN THE SPRING EVERYONE
MADE A VERY ABRUPT SHIFT OVER TO
ON-LINE LEARNING.
DAVID SLAVSKY, LET'S START WITH
YOU, WHAT HAS THE SUMMER LOOKED
LIKE AS LOYOLA STARTED TO
PREPARE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER?
>> WE'VE HAD A BIT OF AN
ADVANTAGE WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING
ON-LINE CLASSES FOR ABOUT 17
YEARS.
SO WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE MADE THAT
SHARP SWITCH AS YOU REFERRED TO.
WE PUT 3400 SECTIONS ON-LINE IN
NINE DAYS.
THAT WAS A REMARKABLE
ACHIEVEMENT AND TEAMWORK.
WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT IS
TURNING OUT TO BE A GOOD ONE.
IN MAY, THAT THERE WAS A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD WE WOULD HAVE TO
TEACH OUR CLASSES ON-LINE THIS
FALL.
WE BEGAN PREPARING ONCE THE
SPRING SEMESTER BEGAN WE AUTO
INSURANCE ANNOUNCED EARLY THAT
OUR SUMMER COURSES WOULD BE
ON-LINE AND WE HAVE ADAPTED ALL
COURSES TO BE ON THE ON-LINE
FORMAT.
IN THE SUMMER WE HAVE HAD A
THOUSAND FACULTY GOING THROUGH
TRAINING.
SO YOU ARE RIGHT THIS IS A
SEMESTER LIKE NONE OTHER BUT WE
ARE PREPARED FOR IT.
>> BRIAN CAPUTO 20% OF CLASSES
AT THE COLLEGE OF DUPAGE WILL BE
IN PERSON.
HOW WILL CLASSES BE DIFFERENT
FOR STUDENTS THIS YEAR?
>> WELL, IT WILL BE A BIT OF A
DIFFERENT SEMESTER.
FIRST AS WE ENTER THE BUILDINGS,
THERE WILL BE SCREENERS THAT
WILL ASK QUESTIONS OF OUR
STUDENTS AS TO HAVE THEY HAD A
TEMPERATURE AND BEEN EXPOSED,
AND THEN WE TAKE THEIR
TEMPERATURE AT THE DOOR.
AND THEN AS THEY COME IN THEY
WILL BE DIRECTED DOWN HALLWAYS
IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS TO
MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE
CLASSROOMS THE CLASSROOMS HAVE
BEEN STRUCTURED TO BE SPACED OUT
AS WELL.
THE IN-PERSON CLASSROOMS ARE
GENERALLY VERY SMALL.
17-20 TO MAINTAIN THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
>> SOUNDS LIKE GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED HALL MONITORING.
ROBIN NEAL KALER HOW IS THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
SUPPORTING THOSE INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS?
>> SAME AS ALL THE OTHER
STUDENTS.
WE ARE PROVIDING WHATEVER
RESOURCES THEY NEED IF THEY
CANNOT GET TO THE STATE'S THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS COURSES
ON-LINE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM
CHINA AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE UNIVERSITY SO OUR
BUSINESS OUR ENGINEERING AND
SOME OF OUR LIBERAL ARTS
STUDENTS WHO CANNOT GET HERE
FROM CHINA WILL STUDY WITH OUR
FACULTY ON-SITE THERE SO THEY
WILL HAVE AN IN-PERSON
EXPERIENCE JUST SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> DAVID SLAVSKY, LAST WEEK
LOYOLA ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BE
CLOSING THE RESIDENCE HALLS WHAT
LED YOU ALL TO MAKE THAT
DECISION?
>> WE'VE BEEN MOP TORING AS I'M
SURE EVERY COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA HAS BEEN
CLOSELY THE DATA ABOUT THE COVID
CRISIS.
WE HAVE BEEN READING ALL OF THE
LITERATURE AND FOLLOWING THE
NUMBERS.
ON JUNE 22, THE DAY WE REOPENED
REGISTRATION FOR THE FALL
SEMESTER PROBABLY THE DAY WE
WERE MOST HOPEFUL WE COULD HAVE
SIGNIFICANT ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCE
FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF
NEW CASES PER DAY IN THE UNITED
STATES WAS OVER 22,000.
ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS PER DAY WAS 630.
BY THE TIME WE MADE OUR INTERNAL
DECISION IN EARLY AUGUST, THE
NEW CASES NUMBER HAD INCREASED
BY OVER 100%, THE DEATH FIGURE
INCREASED BY 81%, THIS COUPLED
WITH THE FACT THAT THE RECENT
SURGE IN THE VIRUS WAS
DOMINANTLY IN THE 18-29 AGE
GROUP AND READING THE MEDICAL
REPORTS THAT EVEN IF THE
MORTALITY RATE IN THAT AGE GROUP
IS LOW, THE MORTALITY RATE IN MY
AGE GROUP IS NOT.
AND FINDING THE EVIDENCE OF THE
VIRUS IN NEUROLOGICAL TISSUE IN
HEART TISSUE ALL OF THESE THINGS
COMBINED TO LET US KNOW THAT TO
MAKE US THINK THIS IS NOT THE
RIGHT DECISION.
AND WE FELT THAT THE RIGHT
DECISION AND THE ONLY DECISION
FOR US WOULD BE NOT TO HAVE
STUDENTS ON CAMPUS THIS FALL.
IT IS A HEARTBREAKING DECISION.
ALL OF US IN HIGHER EDUCATION
ARE THERE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE
STUDENTS.
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
YOU ARE DOING TWICE WEEKLY
TESTING FOR ANYONE ON CAMPUS.
TWICE WEEKLY TESTING THAT SOUNDS
EXPENSIVE.
ARE YOU ALL HOPE TO GO WILL
PREVENT A SPIKE IN CASES THERE
ON CAMPUS?
>> WE KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME
SORT OF INCREASE WHEN WE BRING
SO MANY PEOPLE BACK.
SOME OF OUR FACULTY HAVE
DEVELOPED A SALIVA BASED TEST
THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING ALL
SUMMER AND WE WILL REQUIRE
EVERYBODY TO DO IT TWICE WEEKLY.
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH
OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR FACE
COVERINGS AND THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND ALL OF THE OTHER
MEASURES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE
THAT IT DOES ALLOW US TO BRING A
LOWER NUMBER OF PEOPLE BACK TO
THE CAMPUS.
SO ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T NEED TO
BE THERE IS BEING ASKED TO
CONTINUE TO WORK REMOTELY.
>> AND BRIAN CAPUTO WE ARE
HEARING SOME STUDENTS ARE
CHOOSING TO ENROLL IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE INSTEAD OF CONTINUING
THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY IF THE
CLASSES ARE ON-LINE.
WHAT IS ENROLLMENT LOOKING LIKE
FOR THE COLLEGE OF DUPAGE?
IN.
>> THE ENROLLMENT IS QUITE GOOD
WE HAVE HAD A 4% INCREASE IN OUR
REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION OUR
APPLICATIONS.
AND THAT'S VERY POSITIVE AND
WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL CARRY
OVER INTO THE FALL AND THE
REGISTRATIONS.
WE ARE OFFERING INSTRUCTION
THREE DIFFERENT MODES.
WE HAVE IT IN THE TRADITIONAL
SORT OF ON-LINE AND THEN WE HAVE
VIRTUAL CLASS MEETING
ESSENTIALLY A LIVE MEETING WITH
THE PROFESSOR ON-LINE AND A
HYBRID WHICH IS RESERVED FOR THE
COURSES WHERE YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE
THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES IN AN
ON-LINE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS WOULD BE SUCH THINGS AS
CHEMISTRY LABS AND WELDING LABS
THAT SORT OF THING.
>> AN INTERESTING LOOKING
SEMESTER WE LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING IT WITH YOU ALL IN
THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU TO BRIAN CAPUTO, DAVID
SLAVSKY AND ROBIN NEAL KALER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SUMMER IS THE SEASON FOR
PUBLIC ART.
SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK A COLORFUL
NEW MURAL BLOOMS.
CITY GRANTED US ACCESS TO GET UP
CLOSE TO A MASSIVE NEW PAINTING
PROJECT ALONG THE CHICAGO
RIVERWALK.
MARC VITALI HAS THAT STORY.
>> LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU CAN SEE
IT FROM ACROSS THE RIVER.
IT TAKES UP TWO LEVELS.
AND WHEN YOU ARE ON THE
RIVERWALK LOOK UP TO REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
THE NAME OF THIS AMBITIOUS WORK
IS THE RADIANCE OF BEING.
>> IT WAS A MURAL THAT WE CAME
UP WITH SO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS
OF ART DECO.
WE TOOK MOTIVES FROM BUILDINGS
IN --
MOTIFS IN CHICAGO AND CREATING
THE BEAUTIFUL SCENE TO REPRESENT
THE BUILDINGS BUILT DURING THE
ART DECO PERIOD.
>> A DOUGH SANT GAVE THE
ARTISTS A TOUR.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF UNIVERSAL
MOTIFS A LOT OF SWIRLS, LONG
LINE WORK AND GEOMETRY.
SOMETHING THAT I ENDED UP
FINDING IN A LOT OF THE
BUILDINGS WERE BIRD MOTIFS THAT
IS WHY I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON
HAVING BIRDS AND MUSICIANS AND
FLORA AND FAUNA AS WELL.
>> WHEN PLANNING A MURAL LIKE
THIS IT HELPS IF YOU ARE GOOD AT
MATH.
>> MURALS ARE GENERAL MATH MATT
CAL.
I STUDIED MATH IN COLLEGE I
NEVER STUDIED ART.
IT'S OVER 3500 SQUARE FEET AND
THE UPPER AREA IT'S 11 FEET LONG
BY 15 AND THE LOWER AREA IS 180
FEET AND 50 FEET WRAPPING AROUND
THE BOTTOM.
THE BIGGEST ONE I'VE DONE YET.
>> THE CITY PUT OUT A CALL TO
ARTISTS TO BRIGHTEN THE AREA
NEXT TO AND ABOVE THE RIVERWALK.
>> WE HAD A BIG BEAUTIFUL EMPTY
WALL THAT WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD
PUT A MURAL ON.
>> ONE OF THE MOST FUN FEATURES
OF THE RIVERWALK IS THE PUBLIC
ART AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING
ROTATIONS OF DIFFERENT ARTWORKS.
>> I WAS PROUD TO BE PART OF AN
ALL FEMALE TEAM THAT EXECUTED
THIS.
THREE FEMALE PAINTERS AND TWO
FEMALE FILMMAKERS.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THROUGH
THE PROCESS.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
MARC VITALI.
>> IT'S CALLED THE RADIANCE OF
BEING AND JUST WEST OF MICHIGAN
AVENUE ALONG CHICAGO RIVERWALK.
DON'T FORGET TO LOOK UP.
UP NEXT PARIS SCHUTZ HAS DETAILS
HOW TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF
TONIGHT'S METEOR SHOWER.
STICK AROUND.
>> COMET NEOWEISS DOMINATED US
THIS SUMMER BUT THERE IS ANOTHER
HEADLINER AND IT IS NOT A SECOND
ACT.
THE ANNUAL PERSEID METEOR SHOWER
IS TAKING OVER TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW AND EARLY PERSEIDS
OBSERVED FROM CHICAGO AND
ELSEWHERE AND JOINING US WITH
MORE WHEN AND HOW TO WATCH IS IS
WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> HEY.
>> WHEN SHOULD WE BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THE PERSEID METEOR
SHOWER?
>> THE PERSEIDS HAVE BEEN IN
ACTION IN THE SKIES ALREADY BUT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PEAK
PERSEIDS TIME RIGHT NOW.
TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THE
WEE HOURS OF SOME MORNING,
BEFORE SUNRISE.
THOSE ARE THE IDEAL HOURS AND
YOU WANT TO FIND A DARK PLACE.
THAT IS TOUGH TO FIND IN THE
CITY BUT GET AWAY FROM AS MANY
STREET LIGHTS AND PORCH LIGHTS
AND TO HAVE LIKE AN OPEN VIEW OF
THE SKY.
AND THEN LOOK UP.
AND YOU SHOULD SEE SOME.
>> YOU GOT THE LIGHT POLLUTION
IN THE CITY.
GO TO A DARK CORNER OF THE CITY
AND HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO BE
GOING ON FOR?
>> SO THIS WILL LAST FOR ANOTHER
10 DAYS.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CHALLENGE IS
THAT THE MOON IS THREE QUARTERS
SO IT'S LETTING OFF A LOT OF
GLARE THAT MIGHT BE OBSCURING
SOME OF THE METEORS IF YOU WAIT
A LITTLE BIT BEYOND PEAK WHEN
THE MOON STARTS TO FADE OR WHEN
IT GOES AWAY HAS COMPLETELY
WANED YOU HAVE THROUGH THE 24TH
OF AUGUST THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
BE ABLE TO SEE THEM.
SO IF YOU WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE
BIT PAST PEAK THAT WOULD BE
GREAT AS WELL.
>> I AM A NIGHT OWL I WILL CHECK
IT OUT TONIGHT.
PATTY THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PARIS.
>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S
STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AND FIND
OUT HOW TO WATCH THE METEOR
SHOWER FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR
COUCH PLANNING FOR A NIGHT IN
ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.
>> 15 PEOPLE WERE SHOT OUTSIDE A
FUNERAL HOME IN THE AUBURN
GRESHAM NEIGHBORHOOD ON
CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE THREE WEEKS
AGO AND SIX BLOCKS AWAY YOUNG
CHICAGOANS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR
ART IN A COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT
PROVIDES NUTRITIONAL FOOD TO THE
AREA.
EVAN GARCIA VISITED A NEW OPEN
MIC EVENT TO LEARN MORE.
>> WHAT IF I NEVER GET FAMOUS
AND NEVER --
>> HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS
PERFORMING HIS SONG BEFORE IT
ALL ENDS.
>> IT WAS A SONG ABOUT HOW I
FEEL WHEN LIKE I'M DOING ALL
THIS HARD WORK TO GET SOMEWHERE
AND IT'S LIKE WHAT IF IT NEVER
HAPPENS, MY LIKE THOUGHTS ON
THAT.
>> IT'S THE FIRST OPEN MIC AT
THE GARDEN MAINTAINED BY
STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE AUBURN
GRESHAM NEIGHBORHOOD ON
CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.
>> WE ARE AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH
SCHOOL AND WE DO CATER TO ALL
YOUTH YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BAD
STUDENT TO JOIN OUR SCHOOL BUT
OUR SCHOOL IS FULL OF STUDENTS
WHO WANT MORE OUT OF LIFE BUT
HAVEN'T BEEN HANDED THE BEST
DECK OF CARDS.
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>> INSTRUCTTION MICHELLE MILITIH
ALVAREZ SAYS STUDENTS ARE
STEPPING IN TO CARE FOR THE
GARDEN.
THE OPEN MIC WAS THEIR IDEA.
>> OF COURSE.
BUT NOT REALLY.
YES, BUT NOT REALLY.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE
LIKE THAT, BROTHER.
>> WHEN I WORK HARD MAINTAINING
THE GARDEN THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU
ANOTHER SIDE OF THEM.
A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM
ARTS ACADEMY, DAVIS SOUTH HIGH
SCHOOL AND THEY WANT TO SHOW
THEIR CREATIVE SIDE.
>> TRY WORKING FOR A LIVING.
TALKING, TALKING, TALKING JESUS
CHRIST CAN'T HE EVER SHUT UP.
>> MAKING MY ATO THE STAGE.
>> JUNE IS A PERFORMER AND ONE
OF SEVERAL YOUNG VENDORS SELLING
THEIR PRODUCTS AT THE GARDEN.
>> THIS IS GOING ON 77TH AND
HALSTED.
YES THERE ARE CERTAIN INFAMOUS
QUALITIES ABOUT CHICAGO BUT YOU
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE
REALISTIC SCALE OF PEOPLE LIVING
IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
OF PEOPLE LIVING IN FOOD
DESERTS.
YOU ARE COMING HERE AND YOU HAVE
TO GET FED BY YOUR OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD THIS IS THE
COMMUNITY FEEDING ITSELF AND IT
FEELS GREAT IT IS AN AMAZING
THING.
>> AFTER THEIR FIRST OPEN MIC
ORGANIZERS PLAN TO OLD THE EVENT
EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
INVITE OTHER PEOPLE TO PERFORM.
>> MONEY, MONEY, MONEY THAT IS
ALL ON MY MIND.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M
EVAN GARCIA.
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>> AND IF YOU'VE GOT TALENT JOIN
THE OPEN MIC WHICH RUNS EVERY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 4-7.
THERE IS A FARMERS MARKET
MONDAY-THURSDAY AT THE GARDEN ON
77TH AND HALSTED.
CAN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO
LEARN MORE AND WATCH VIDEO OF
THE TURKEYS LIVING ON THAT SITE.
AND BEFORE WE GO VIEWER
FEEDBACK.
SOME OF YOU WEIGHED IN ON STATE
REPRESENTATIVE LaSHAWN FORD'S
CALL TO ABOLISH TEACHING HISTORY
IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS.
FORD SAYS HISTORY LESSONS IN THE
CURRENT FORMS PROMOTE WHITE
SUPREMACY AND RACISM.
ON A RECENT APPEARANCE OF
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" A COUPLE OF
YOU NOTICED SOMETHING IN THE
BACKGROUND OF Dr. EMILY LANDON
.
IT'S A FOLLOW-UP STORY ON THE
PANIC HOBBY MAKE SOAP.
AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE HEARING
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ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS
TUESDAY NIGHT.
JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT
7:00 P.M.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO
TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU
FOR WATCHING.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND WE'LL
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
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